Kim Jong-il's Leadership of North KoreaRoutledge, 2008年11月24日 - 240 頁 Kim Jong Il came to power after the death of his father Kim Il Sung in 1994. Contrary to expectations, he has succeeded in maintaining enough political stability to remain in power. Kim Jong Il's Leadership of North Korea is an examination of how political power has been developed, transmitted from father to son, and now operates in North Korea Using a variety of original North Korean sources as well as South Korean materials Jae-Cheon Lim pieces together the ostensibly contradictory and inconsistent facts into a conceptual coherent framework. This book considers Kim and his leadership through an analytical framework. composed of four main elements: i) Kim as a leader of a totalitarian society; ii) as a politician; iii) as a Korean; and iv) as an individual person. This illuminating account of what constitutes power and how it is used makes an important contribution to the understanding of an opaque and difficult regime. It will be of interest for upper level undergraduate, postgraduates and academics interested in North Korean politics, and also those in Political theory. |
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... the North Korean economy, and natural disasters—forced himto be more pragmaticinorder to maintain hisregime. Inother words,his pragmatic policies were imperative measures enacted to prevent totalimplosion of the regime. The thirdpointin ...
... the North Korean revolution resulted in a new hierarchical society evenmore rigid thanthe Japanese colonial one. 13 Although theearly 'iconoclastic' revolution denounced Confucianism,North Korea later restored Confucian values like ...
... Korean issues. North Korea,as well asSouth Korea,has been verysensitive to the interventionofits neighbors. Nationalism hasbeen an essential ideology ofthe North.Inasense, the chuch′eideais a product ofKimIl Sung's nationalist reaction ...
... North Korea, the leader'spersonal preferences are deeply entangledinhis public policy. The personality and policy relationship isclear in this society. When the NorthKorean government establishes public policies, particularly cultural ...
... the North Korean leadership responded totheendof the Cold War. Chapter 5,'Ruler (1994 to present),'willbe concerned with the period fromthe deathof Kim Il Sung tothe present. Inthis chapter,I will examine the significance ofKim IlSung's ...